{"id":8867,"date":"2025-10-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=8867"},"modified":"2025-10-11T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:00:00","slug":"journalists-dig-into-government-shutdown-and-rural-doctor-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=8867","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Dig Into Government Shutdown and Rural Doctor Drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner appeared on CNN\u2019s \u201cQuest Means Business\u201d to discuss the Affordable Care Act subsidies at the core of the government shutdown on Oct. 2. Rovner also appeared on NPR\u2019s \u201cMorning Edition\u201d to discuss the subsidies on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=41gPEiFR-PI\">Click here to watch Rovner on \u201cQuest Means Business.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/07\/nx-s1-5563931\/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-healthcare-subsidies-at-the-heart-of-the-shutdown\">Click here to hear Rovner on \u201cMorning Edition.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News South Carolina correspondent Lauren Sausser discussed a Trump administration pilot program to have AI approve and deny care for Medicare patients on Apple News\u2019 \u201cApple News Today\u201d on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/why-the-gaza-ceasefire-talks-feel-different-this-time\/id1473872585?i=1000730599524\">Click here to hear Sausser on \u201cApple News Today.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Sausser and Darius Tahir\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/ai-medicare-prior-authorization-trump-pilot-program-wiser\/\">AI Will Soon Have a Say in Approving or Denying Medicare Treatments<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Bram Sable-Smith appeared on NPR\u2019s \u201cWeekend Edition Sunday\u201d on Oct. 5 to discuss states\u2019 cutting of Medicaid provider payments to close budget gaps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/05\/nx-s1-5558321\/states-are-cutting-medicaid-provider-payments-long-before-trump-cuts-hit\">Click here to hear Sable-Smith on \u201cWeekend Edition Sunday.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Sable-Smith and Sarah Jane Tribble\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/state-medicaid-cuts-reimbursement-big-bill-north-carolina-idaho-budgets\/\">States Are Cutting Medicaid Provider Payments Long Before Trump Cuts Hit<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Bernard J. Wolfson appeared on The Daily Yonder\u2019s \u201cThe Yonder Report\u201d newscast on Oct. 8 to discuss local solutions to rural doctor shortages in California.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/2POeqai8FAgTGtz57LJC8F\">Click here to hear Wolfson on \u201cThe Yonder Report.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Wolfson\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/rural-northern-california-health-care-shortages-residency-program-funding-cuts\/\">Health Care Cuts Threaten Homegrown Solutions to Rural Doctor Shortages<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/about-us\">KFF Health News<\/a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF\u2014an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/about-us\/\">KFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>USE OUR CONTENT<\/h3>\n<p>This story can be republished for free (<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/on-air-october-11-2025-federal-government-shutdown-medicare-medicaid\/view\/republish\/\">details<\/a>).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner appeared on CNN\u2019s \u201cQuest Means Business\u201d to discuss the Affordable Care Act subsidies at the core of the government shutdown on Oct. 2. Rovner also appeared on NPR\u2019s \u201cMorning Edition\u201d to discuss the subsidies on Oct. 7. 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